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Lot 30
Sale 6431 - American Historical Ephemera & Early Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2025
Lots Close
Nov 24, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$300 -
400
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$4,575
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. 41 views of the destruction of Ft. Sumpter and around Charleston, SC.
41 stereoviews on various colored mounts, some credited on rectos and/or versos to various photographers and publishers incl. Osborn & Durbec, John P. Soule; and E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. (Brady negative).
Scenes include: Wreck of the Original Swamp Angel, the first Gun that fired on Charleston. -- Fort Sumpter- The Interior. -- Interior view of Ft. Putnam, Morris Island, S.C. -- Interior of Fort Sumpter, looking toward Charleston. -- (5) Fort Sumpter from the Bar. -- Interior of Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor, S.C., looking south. -- East Face of Fort Sumter, showing Palmetto Fortification, Charleston Harbor. -- Charleston City Gun, 30-Pounder, fired 5,000 Shells into Charleston. -- South Battery, looking West- Ruins of 600-Pounder Blakely Gun in foreground, Charleston. -- Interior of Fort Sumter- Officers quarters, Charleston Harbor. -- East Battery, looking North, Charleston. -- Vulcan Iron Works, Cumberland Street, Charleston. -- Ruins of P.M. Gen'l M. Blair's Residence, MD.-- Distant View of Swamp Battery, Morris Island. -- The House where Union Officers were Confined Under Fire, Charleston. -- Gen. Hatche's Headquarters, South Battery, Charleston. -- Ruins of the Northeastern Railway Depot, Charleston. -- The Sister Churches, Charleston. -- Ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hall, Charleston. -- Charleston and Vicinity During the War. -- The Celebration at Fort Sumter, April 14, 1865. Arrival of the Guests, Charleston Harbor. -- Ruins of St. John and St. Finbar, Charleston. -- Looking down Meeting Street- Ruins of Theatre and Circular Church, with Mills House and St. Michael's in distance. -- Sally-Port for Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C. -- Meeting Street-looking North, Charleston. -- Parapet of Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor. -- (3) After the Evacuation by Major Anderson in 1861. Remains of the Old Flag Staff. -- (3) Fort Sumter Parapet with Dismounted Gun Damaged By Confederate Fire. --- And 4 others. Together, 41 stereoviews.
Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey
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